Tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor therapy in Susac's syndrome

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 302, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 126-128

  Hardy, T A ^a   Garsia, R J ^a   Halmagyi, G M ^a   Lewis, S J G ^a,b   Harrisberg, B ^a   Fulham, M J ^a   Barnett, M H ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Monoclonal antibody; PET; Pregnancy; Susac's syndrome; TNF inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INFLIXIMAB; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISOLONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN VASCULITIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUSAC SYNDROME;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AZATHIOPRINE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPILEPSY, GENERALIZED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDNISONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES; SUSAC SYNDROME; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951512184     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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